Animal shelter gets clean bill of health after quarantine

5:58 PM,
Feb. 24, 2014

Written by

Josh O'Leary
Iowa City Press-Citizen

The Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center has reopened its cat room after an illness led to a two-week quarantine.

The shelter closed down the area after an outbreak of panleukapenia, a virus that can be fatal to cats. A dozen cats either died or were euthanized because of the virus, the shelter said earlier this ...